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GPs flu pandemic workload warning
GP surgeries have been told to prepare for seeing nearly 200 extra patients a week during the height of a flu pandemic.
Flu outbreak 'may have hit peak'
The outbreak of flu cases in England and Wales looks like it has peaked, experts say.
Doubts raised over measles target
The UK is named as one of Europe's worst countries for measles, dashing global hopes of eradicating the disease by 2010.
Bosses slam 'throw a sickie' ad
An advert for a cold and flu medicine is criticised by bosses for encouraging workers to "throw a sickie".
Radon gas action needed across UK
All new homes should be fitted with measures to prevent the build-up of the potentially harmful gas radon, say researchers.
Skin cancer 'ups new cancer risk'
Skin cancer patients have a higher chance of developing other forms of the disease, research suggests.
China alert over bird flu death
Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.
Appeal for research brain donors
More people need to donate their brains to medical research if cures for diseases like dementia are to be found, scientists say.
Care room open after baby's death
An intensive care room reopens to new admissions after a bug affected a hospital's neo-natal ward.
Blocking it out - why Tetris can help combat traumatic stress
Playing the computer puzzle game Tetris might help reduce the effects of traumatic stress, say UK researchers.
Yahoo Health
Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says (AP)
AP - Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report released Wednesday.
Death of Travolta's son raises medical questions (AP)
AP - Millions of children and adults have seizures in the United States, but dying from one is rare. That only adds to the confusion and mystery surrounding the life and death of Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston.
Brain pacemaker helps Parkinson's, but with risks (AP)
AP - Parkinson's sufferers who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved substantially more than those who took only medicine, according to the biggest test yet of deep brain stimulation. The study, which followed patients for six months, offers the most hopeful news to date for Parkinson's sufferers. The new technique reduced tremors, rigidity and flailing of the limbs and allowed people to move freely for nearly five extra hours a day.
CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post (AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of star power to a job that hasn't had that much clout in decades.
Nation's health spending rises, but not so much (AP)
AP - Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion.
Study raises hope for obesity treatment (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone once hailed as the answer to the battle of the bulge.
Viagra May Shield Heart From Blood Pressure Damage (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Tests in mouse hearts show that sildenafil, the key ingredient in Viagra, may shield hearts from damage caused by high blood pressure, a new study suggests.
Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking Sites (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of teens who use the social networking site MySpace have posted information about sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence, new research shows.
Health Tip: Help Stop Thumbsucking (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Many children suck their thumbs, but it can cause dental problems if children continue to suck their thumb beyond age 4.
'Snowbirds' Beware the Climate Changes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) --- Seniors who head south each winter to escape the cold often feel better just thinking about the warmer climes.
MedPage Today
CNN's Dr. Gupta Said to Weigh Surgeon General Post
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Sanjay Gupta, M.D., the Emory neurosurgeon who doubles as CNN's chief medical correspondent, has been offered the post of surgeon general in the Obama administration, according to the Washington Post.
Survey Finds Older Adults Fear Inability to Pay Healthcare Costs
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The ailing economy is leaving older Americans fretting about how to pay for healthcare costs in the upcoming year, according to an AARP-sponsored survey.
FDA Panel to Vote on Investigational Epilepsy Drug for Kids and Adults
ROCKVILLE (MedPage Today) -- The FDA's advisory committee on neurology drugs will decide this week whether to recommend approval of an investigational anti-seizure drug known to cause irreversible vision loss in a significant fraction of patients.
Poor Vaccine Coverage in Europe Allows Measles to Hang On
COPENHAGEN (MedPage Today) -- Measles persists in Europe despite more than two decades of routine childhood vaccination programs, researchers here said.
Outcome Predictors Identified for Endometrial Ablation for Menorrhagia
ROCHESTER, Minn. (MedPage Today) -- Choosing the most promising approach to achieve amenorrhea for excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding can rest on a host of patient factors, said researchers here.
Grape Seed Extract Linked to Apoptosis in Leukemia
LEXINGTON, Ky. (MedPage Today) -- Grape seed extract may induce human leukemia cell death by activating specific proteins involved in apoptosis, researchers here said.
'Small-Screen Recreation' May Make for Less Fit Youth
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia (MedPage Today) -- Kids -- especially girls -- who spend more time doing activities such as e-mailing, texting, watching TV, and playing video games tend to be less fit, researchers here reported.
Recognition of Faces Dredged Up by Birth Hormone
ZURICH, Switzerland (MedPage Today) -- A whiff of oxytocin can help spur the recognition of faces as familiar but can't do the same for memories of inanimate things, researchers here said.
Side Effects Mar Efficacy of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease
HINES, Ill. (MedPage Today) -- Deep brain stimulation was more effective in improving Parkinson's disease symptoms than "best medical therapy" in a large randomized trial, but was also associated with more adverse effects, said researchers here.
Age and Comorbidity No Barrier to Survival Benefit with ICD
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MedPage Today) -- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators reduce mortality in even the oldest, sickest patients, a real-world primary prevention study showed.
Daily Mail
Playing outside can prevent children becoming short-sighted
Playing outdoors dramatically cuts a child's risk of becoming short-sighted, research shows.
How 'love-drug' hormone released in childbirth can help you remember strangers' faces
Many of us have the daily struggle of putting a name to a familiar face. Now scientists have discovered that a natural 'love drug' in the brain is the reason some people are better at recognising faces than others.
Hopes of banishing measles from Europe by 2010 dashed as UK infection rates continue to rise
Hopes of banishing measles from Europe by 2010 may have been dashed by poor vaccination rates in a handful of countries including Britain, researchers claim.
A diabetic is diagnosed in Britain every THREE minutes
The number of people diagnosed with diabetes has soared by 50 per cent in just a year.
Baby dies and seven others sick as bug infects neo-natal unit
A baby has died and seven others are in an isolation ward after the outbreak of a bug in a hospital neo-natal unit. The child was one of two premature babies found to be infected.
Revealed: How 'gung-ho' surgery by a trainee set off a chain of tragedy that destroyed this little girl's family
For Clare Bowen, the single parent of two boys, this Christmas has been particularly bleak. For in the space of about two years, she lost first her eldest child, Bethany, at the age of five, and then, 11 months ago, her husband, Richard.
Fury at TV advert for cold remedy Benylin which urges you 'to throw a sickie'... while website tells you how
Bosses are furious over a TV commercial for a cold remedy which encourages sufferers 'to throw a sickie'.
Bunged-up nose? Just take these acne pills
A drug used to treat acne and prostate disease may help sufferers of nasal polyps. This is one of several new non-invasive treatments for the condition, which affects an estimated 1 million Britons.
GPs told to isolate flu patients as fears grow of a pandemic
Patients with the flu as well as doctors will be told to wear face masks under the first guidance of its kind ever issued to GPs
Leave us your brains after you die, medical experts plead as donations dwindle
Medical experts want more people to leave their brains to science. They said a severe shortage is blocking vital research into Alzheimer's and other incurable diseases. Thousands more are needed.
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